A teetotaler is someone who drinks tea, coffee and other liquids but not alcohol. Teatotaler, on the other hand, is a misspelling. What it supposedly stands for is “tea totaler”, presumably someone ...

Here, “rich” does not mean “wealthy” as in: Trump is a billionaire and, hence, a very rich man. Here, instead, “rich” means “fat” as in, fat food that is too rich in oil and grease. Or deserts that ...

Anyways, all joking aside, “having nothing to show for it” is an expression that means exactly what it says: You’ve done ...

Anyways, getting hit in the pocket means paying a price, losing money and getting hurt in the monetary sense, i.e.

Got it? Yes. To be “rich by default” is to be rich without having to work for it. Now, that’s because a royal family, such as the royal family in England, has been rich for a long time. That means ...

2025年4月25日中共中央总书记习近平在主持中共中央政治局第二十次集体学习时强调，要推动我国人工智能朝着有益、安全、公平方向健康有序发展。 Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has urged efforts to promote the healthy ...

近日，中共中央、国务院印发《关于实施自由贸易试验区提升战略的意见》。 China has released a guideline for improving the country's pilot free trade zones (FTZs). The guideline was issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee ...

2025年4月14日，中共中央总书记、国家主席习近平在越共中央驻地同越共中央总书记苏林举行会谈。习近平强调，今年是中越建交75周年暨“中越人文交流年”。 Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, held talks with To ...

What’s wishy-washy? As in this sentence: Trump is very wishy-washy on the issue of women’s rights, so it’s hard to pin him down on any stance. Donald Trump, that is, President of the United States.

2025年1月21日，中共中央政治局常委、国务院副总理丁薛祥在瑞士达沃斯出席世界经济论坛2025年年会，发表题为“坚守多边主义正道 促进开放包容发展”的致辞。 Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist ...

中共中央、国务院近日印发了《教育强国建设规划纲要（2024—2035年）》。 The 2024-2035 master plan on building China into a leading country in education was jointly issued recently by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and ...

据国家知识产权局2025年1月15日介绍，截至2024年底，我国国内发明专利有效量达到475.6万件，成为世界上首个突破400万件的国家。其中国内高价值发明专利拥有量达到197.8万件，同比增长18.8%。 By the end of 2024, China had approximately 4.76 million valid domestic invention patents, ...